What is a Grocery Store?
A grocery store, grocery shop or simply grocery is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, “grocery store” is a synonym for supermarket, and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
Top Grocery Stores In South Africa
SEGWAGWA Cash n Carry
Advance Cash n Carry
7 Eleven (OK Franchise)
Boxer
Cambridge Food
Checkers
Checkers Hyper
Checkout
Choppies
Devland Metro Cash & Carry
Friendly (OK Franchise)
Discount Cash & Carry
Food Lover’s Market
Foodzone Group
Game Stores
Jumbo Cash & Carry
Kit Kat Group
Makro
MEGASAVE (Cash & Carry)
OK Grocer
OK Minimark
OK Value
Pick n Pay Stores
Rhino Cash & Carry
Shoprite
ShopriteHyper
Spar
AM:PM (Online Supermarket)
Br!ng (Online Supermarket)
Woolworths
USave
USave Superstore
Checkstar
BIBI Cash and Carry
Is there a difference between a grocery store and a supermarket?
While food and drinks remain central to supermarkets, these stores devote more shelf space to other items than grocery stores. Supermarkets offer more household products, plus personal care products, cookware, and small kitchen appliances.
Who is the largest grocery retailer in South Africa?
Shoprite Holdings Ltd
Shoprite Holdings Ltd (JSE: SHP) is Africa’s largest supermarket retailer, operating 3,152 stores across Africa (distribution of total operations as at 1 January 2023). The company’s headquarters are in Brackenfell in the Western Cape province of South Africa.